Parson Weem's famous work, The Life of Washington (1800), is widely regarded as the primary font of a quintessential American fable about the nation's first President and couple of whacks at an ...

“Boom Times for Debt Collectors,” “As Economy Struggles, Debt Collectors Rake in Record Profits,” “One Recession-Proof Job: Debt Collection.” Reading some recent headlines on the debt collection ...

WASHINGTON — Hard economic times have helped push millions of Americans deeply into debt, plunging many into a dark world filled with relentless collection agents, aggressive lawyers and companies ...

I recently got behind on a credit card bill after experiencing a rough patch, and it was sent to collections. Now, I'm totally mortified because a couple weeks ago, our staff accountant notified me ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The year was 1998. Rochester was rocked by the news that 1,400 Xerox employees would lose their jobs in a major restructuring of the company. Betty Maxey was one of them. "It ...

Consumers take bill collectors to court, earning the label "credit terrorists." Feb. 5, 2010 — -- Americans with overdue debts usually face a daunting parade of punishments. First come the ...

Zac Oswald is the managing attorney of the Legal Aid Society’s Gallatin office, practicing housing and consumer law, and the team lead of the firm’s Housing Practice Group. Unless you’ve received a ...